The purpose of this study was to investigate attitudes of White teachers towards multi-racial education and factors affecting these attitudes. The original sample was to consist of English and Afrikaans speaking White teachers in Krugersdorp. However, the Transvaal Education Department denied permission to conduct the stud) and the sample was changed to one-hundred-and-forty teachers doing post gradv.-~e work both at the University of the Witwatersrand and Rand Afrikaans University. Since the new sample for the study consisted of teachers enrolled for postgraduate study, the findings of the study are limited to similar populations. The research design usgd was descriptive. Attitude Towards Segregation scale adapted from Kosenbaum and Zimmerman (19u9) was administered to both groups of teachers. Responses were summarized by calculating the mean and standard deviation to each item. An analysis of variance test was administered because of the multi-variate characteristics of the hypothesis to be tested. When sample cells hum unequal sizes, the corrections were made by the O.L.M. process. Also post hoc comparisons were made by the application of Duncan's multiple range test.

Thesis (M.A.M.C.)--University of Florida, 2004. / Title from title page of source document. Document formatted into pages; contains 202 pages. Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 368-402). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Supervisor: Douglas Foley. Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (D. Ed.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--York University, 1998. Graduate Programme in Education. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 112-116). Also available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL:http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/yorku/fullcit?pMQ27388.

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The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between certain selected factors (age, sex, years of preparation and experience, size of school district, experience working for women administrators, existence of an affirmative action plan), and the expressed attitudes of superintendents and board of education presidents in Indiana regarding the effectiveness of women administrators in public schools.The Attitude Research Instrument developed by Eunice B. Warwick with Thomas A. Ringness and Glen Eye at the University of Wisconsin was used to measure the attitudes of superintendents and school board presidents concerning the effectiveness of women as public school administrators. A background data questionnaire was used to elicit data pertaining to the identification of various factors such as age, sex, years of preparation and experience, and existence of an affirmative action plan.The chi-square test of independence was utilized to statistically analyze sixteen null hypotheses formulate to test the relationship between expressed attitudes concerning the effectiveness of women administrators and the factors identified with the background questionnaire.The sixteen chi-square tests were significant at the .01 level. In addition, fourteen of the sixteen chi-square tests were significant at the .001 level. The sixteen null hypotheses were rejected.Findings of the study indicated that superintendents and school board presidents expressed significantly different attitudes concerning the effectiveness of women administrators when grouped according to the variables of age, size of school district, level of educational attainment, having or not having an affirmative action plan, numbers of women administrators employed, years of administrative or board experience. Superintendents and male school board presidents expressed significantly different attitudes than did female school board presidents. The data indicated a board approved affirmative action plan was not a significant variable affecting numbers of women administrators employed.The following conclusions were drawn from the data collected: The wide divergence in expressed attitudes suggest the probability of conflict among the groups. The most serious consequence for a school district exists in the probability of conflict between superintendents and school board presidents, groups with the second largest divergence in the study. The percentage of strongly agree and agree responses appear to suggest employment opportunities may be more readily available under these conditions: large districts, young administrators with earned doctorates and less than ten years administrative experience. The data in the study indicate that an affirmative action plan has not been an effective method of creating greater employment opportunities for women administrators in the public schools.5

Thesis (Ed.D.)--Georgia Southern University, 2005. / "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Education." ETD. Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-135).